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National Gaslights Women Fighting For Equal Pay

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 6:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National has scrapped the pay equity taskforce that fights for equal pay for women and looks at ethnic pay gaps. More >>

Transforming How Our Children Learn To Read

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 6:20 pm | New Zealand Government

Structured literacy will change the way New Zealand children learn to read - improving achievement and setting students up for success, Education Minister Erica Stanford says. More >>

More Job Cuts, Fewer Houses Under National

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

“National’s reckless cuts is now seeing 170 roles at Kāinga Ora and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development on the chopping block all to pay for tax cuts,” says Labour housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty. More >>

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Modern Insurance Law Will Protect Kiwi Households

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 4:49 pm | New Zealand Government

"New Zealand’s insurance law is complicated and dated, some of which is more than 100 years old. The recent extreme weather events show just how important a well-functioning insurance system,” says Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly. More >>

Children Fall Deeper Through The Cracks In Government Cuts

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

“With every scrap, cut and burn this government makes when it comes to our children – it begs the question of where is Minister Karen Chhour in all of this?” says Children Spokesperson, Willow-Jean Prime. More >>

Aotearoa Will Not Stand For Government’s Fast-Track Agenda

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 4:31 pm | The Maori Party

the Government’s proposed Fast Track Approvals Bill "would eliminate Te Tiriti o Waitangi rights and the ability of the public to have any say over mining or infrastructure projects in their communities,” says Te Pāti Māori co-leader and environment ... More >>

Environment Committee Begins Hearings On The Fast-track Approvals Bill

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 4:26 pm | Environment Committee

The Environment Committee received submissions from nearly 27,000 individuals and organisations on the Fast-track Approvals Bill. Many submitters have requested to speak to the committee. The committee has agreed to form two subcommittees to make ... More >>

Government Recommits To Equal Pay

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 3:08 pm | New Zealand Government

The coalition Government is refreshing its approach to supporting pay equity claims as time-limited funding for the Pay Equity Taskforce comes to an end, Public Service Minister Nicola Willis says. More >>

This Isn’t How Friends Treat Each Other, Canada

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 2:10 pm | ACT New Zealand

“Canada’s refusal to comply with the terms of our trade agreement is a betrayal of our friendship,” says ACT Trade spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar. “It’s hard to think of two countries with warmer relations than New Zealand and Canada. Our ... More >>

Māori Unemployment Rate Increases By More Than Four-Times National Rates

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 1:20 pm | The Maori Party

In figures released yesterday from Statistics New Zealand, unemployment rates for Māori hit a four-year high of 8.2%, up by 1.4%. Similarly, rates for Pacific peoples have surged by 1.5% to reach 7.4%. More >>

NZ Not Backing Down In Canada Dairy Dispute

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 11:56 am | New Zealand Government

Trade Minister Todd McClay says Canada’s refusal to comply in full with a CPTPP trade dispute ruling in our favour over dairy trade is cynical and New Zealand has no intention of backing down. More >>

Stronger Oversight For Our Most Vulnerable Children

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 10:13 am | New Zealand Government

The rights of our children and young people will be enhanced by changes the coalition Government will make to strengthen oversight of the Oranga Tamariki system, including restoring a single Children’s Commissioner. More >>

Streamlining Building Consent Changes

Thursday, 2 May 2024, 5:26 am | New Zealand Government

"These changes are all part of the Government’s plan to rebuild the economy and lower the cost of living so Kiwis can get ahead." More >>

Prime Minister’s Science Prizes Announced

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:35 pm | New Zealand Government

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins presented the awards in Wellington tonight and commended the recipients for the impact of their work. More >>

The Foreign Minister's Speech To The NZ Institute Of International Affairs – Annual Lecture: Challenges & Opportunities

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:26 pm | New Zealand Government

We are steadfast in our belief that New Zealand’s voice matters, that within the community of nations we stand as equals, and that more than ever, diplomacy matters. More >>

Minister Acknowledges Passing Of Sir Robert Martin (KNZM)

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 5:56 pm | New Zealand Government

Hon Louise Upston Minister for Disability Issues New Zealand lost a true legend when internationally renowned disability advocate Sir Robert Martin (KNZM) passed away at his home in Whanganui last night, Disabilities Issues Minister Louise Upston ... More >>

Labour Honours Memory Of Sir Robert Martin

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 5:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Labour Party is saddened to learn of the death of Sir Robert Martin, a globally renowned disability advocate who led the way for disability rights both in New Zealand and internationally. More >>

Public Submissions Open On Te Pire Mō Ō-Rākau, Te Pae O Maumahara/Ō-Rākau Remembrance Bill

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 4:14 pm | Maori Affairs Committee

This bill would give effect to provisions of te Whakaaetanga Whakataunga mō Ō-Rākau, te Pae o Maumahara/the Deed of Agreement relating to the Ō-Rākau site, dated 31 October 2023. Submissions can be made on the bill till midnight on 14 June 2024. More >>

Accelerating Airport Security Lines

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 3:59 pm | New Zealand Government

From today, passengers travelling internationally from Auckland Airport will be able to keep laptops and liquids in their carry-on bags for security screening thanks to new technology, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. More >>

Minister To Attend Police Ministers Council Meeting

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 2:35 pm | New Zealand Government

Police Minister Mark Mitchell will travel to Canberra tomorrow to represent the Government at the Police Ministers Council (PMC) meeting on Friday. More >>

Central Bank Makes Clear Government Is Pouring Fuel On Housing Crisis Fire

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 1:43 pm | Green Party

In a nutshell, the Government has handed landlords nearly three billion dollars just to increase house prices and push first home buyers out. More >>

130,000 Cattle Saved From Live Export

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 1:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

In government Labour was proud to introduce a ban on live cattle export by sea, which took effect one year ago today and has seen an estimated 130,000 cattle saved from the practice,” says Rachel Boyack. More >>

Labour Welcomes EU Free Trade Agreement

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 12:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

This agreement opens the door for a huge increase in trade opportunities with a market of 450 million people who are high value discerning consumers of New Zealand goods and services. More >>

New Unemployment Figures Paint Bleak Picture

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 12:23 pm | Green Party

Today’s unemployment figures, the highest we have seen in three years, show that the Government’s dated and dismal politics are having a marked impact across our communities. More >>

National’s Job Cuts Already Starting To Bite As Unemployment Rises

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 12:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Stats NZ figures show the unemployment rate grew to 4.3 percent in the March quarter from 4 percent in the December quarter. More >>

Govt Fires Up Public EV Charging Network

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 11:47 am | Inside Government NZ

Energy Minister, Simeon Brown, has today announced 25 new high-speed EV charging hubs along key routes between major urban centres, as part of the Government’s plan to supercharge New Zealand’s EV infrastructure. More >>

Kiwi Exporters Win As NZ-EU FTA Enters Into Force

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 9:57 am | New Zealand Government

Kiwi exporters are $100 million better off today with the NZ EU FTA entering into force says Trade Minister Todd McClay. More >>

Greens’ Rent Control Demand Is Economically Illiterate

Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 8:13 pm | ACT New Zealand

“The Green Party's calls for rent control are economically illiterate,” says ACT Housing spokesman Cameron Luxton. “Rent control has been a disaster wherever it is tried. One economist famously described rent controls as the most effective ... More >>

Ō-Rākau Remembrance Bill Passes First Reading

Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 5:25 pm | New Zealand Government

The return of the historic Ō-Rākau battle site to the descendants of those who fought there moved one step closer today with the first reading of Te Pire mō Ō-Rākau, Te Pae o Maumahara / The Ō-Rākau Remembrance Bill. More >>

Government To Boost Public EV Charging Network

Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 5:23 pm | New Zealand Government

Energy Minister Simeon Brown has announced 25 new high-speed EV charging hubs along key routes between major urban centres and outlined the Government’s plan to supercharge New Zealand’s EV infrastructure. The hubs will each have several chargers. More >>

Residential Property Managers Bill To Not Progress

Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Government

The coalition Government will not proceed with the previous Government’s plans to regulate residential property managers, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says. More >>

Young American Political Leaders Headed To New Zealand

Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 5:01 pm | NZ House of Representatives

Seven young American political and policy leaders arrived in New Zealand on Sunday to kick off a week-long visit under the auspices of the American Council of Young Political Leaders’ exchange programme. More >>

National Hiking Transport Costs For Families And Young New Zealanders

Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 1:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Weekly expenses will grow for more than 1.6 million New Zealanders as the Government ends free and half price public transport fares tomorrow. More >>

Surprise: Landlord Tax Cuts Don’t Trickle Down

Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 11:45 am | Green Party

The Green Party is renewing its call for rent controls following reports of rental prices hitting an all-time high. More >>

Te Pāti Māori Demands The Resignation Of Children’s Minister

Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 11:34 am | Te Pati Maori

Te Pāti Māori Children’s spokesperson and MP for Te Tai Tokerau is calling for the Children’s Minister to resign after a preliminary report from the Waitangi Tribunal was released overnight. More >>

Independent Review Into Disability Support Services

Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 11:07 am | New Zealand Government

Disability Issues Minister Louise Upston says the review will look at what can be done to strengthen the long-term sustainability of Disability Support Services to provide disabled people and carers with certainty around what they can access. More >>

Justice Minister Updates UN On Law & Order Plan

Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 6:37 am | New Zealand Government

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has attended the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva and outlined the Government’s plan to restore law and order. More >>

Trade Minister Travels To Riyadh, OECD, And Dubai

Monday, 29 April 2024, 5:03 pm | New Zealand Government

Trade Minister Todd McClay heads overseas today for high-level trade talks in the Gulf region, and a key OECD meeting in Paris. Mr McClay will travel to Riyadh to meet with counterparts from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). More >>

National Should Heed Tribunal Warning And Scrap Coalition Commitment With ACT

Monday, 29 April 2024, 5:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Waitangi Tribunal report must be taken seriously as it affects our most vulnerable children, Labour children’s spokesperson Willow-Jean Prime said. He added, “Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act was brought in by the last National Government to ... More >>

NZTA App First Step Towards Digital Driver Licence

Monday, 29 April 2024, 4:55 pm | New Zealand Government

The new NZ Transport Agency App is a secure ‘one stop shop’ to provide the services drivers need, Transport Minister Simeon Brown and Digitising Government Minister Judith Collins say. The app will also pave the way for the Government to deliver ... More >>

Education Priorities Focused On Lifting Achievement

Monday, 29 April 2024, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Government

Education Minister Erica Stanford has outlined six education priorities to deliver a world-leading education system that sets Kiwi kids up for future success. “I’m putting ambition, achievement and outcomes at the heart of our education system," ... More >>

Winston Peters - Tribute To Dave O'Sullivan

Monday, 29 April 2024, 1:54 pm | New Zealand Government

Racing Minister Winston Peters has paid tribute to an icon of the industry with the recent passing of Dave O’Sullivan (OBE). “Our sympathies are with the O’Sullivan family with the sad news of Dave O’Sullivan’s recent passing,” Mr Peters says. ... More >>

$1.7b For No Increase In Access To Medicine

Monday, 29 April 2024, 12:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The National-led Government continues its fiscal jiggery pokery with its Pharmac announcement today, Labour Health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall says. More >>

Supporting Whānau Out Of Emergency Housing

Monday, 29 April 2024, 11:53 am | New Zealand Government

Whānau with tamariki growing up in emergency housing motels will be prioritised for social housing starting this week, says Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka. More >>

Government Saves Access To Medicines

Monday, 29 April 2024, 9:35 am | New Zealand Government

Associate Health Minister David Seymour has announced Pharmac’s largest ever budget of $6.294 billion over four years, fixing a $1.774 billion fiscal cliff. More >>

Law And Order, Finance, And Defence A Focus For Ukrainian Parliamentary Delegation To New Zealand

Monday, 29 April 2024, 8:52 am | Office of the Speaker

A delegation from the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukraine’s unicameral legislative body) will arrive in New Zealand for a week-long guest of Parliament visit where they will attend engagements in Auckland, Wellington, Waikato, and the Manawatū. More >>

More Accountability For Preventable Workplace Deaths This Workers’ Memorial Day

Sunday, 28 April 2024, 2:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Everyone in New Zealand has the right to expect a safe workplace and to be able to come home safely to their family at the end of the day. Sadly, for many people this is not their reality More >>

Pharmac Chair Appointed

Sunday, 28 April 2024, 2:03 pm | New Zealand Government

Hon Paula Bennett has been appointed as member and chair of the Pharmac board, Associate Health Minister David Seymour announced today. More >>

Taking Action On Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 2:11 pm | New Zealand Government

Hundreds of New Zealand families affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) will benefit from a new Government focus on prevention and treatment, says Health Minister Dr Shane Reti. More >>

Diplomacy Needed More Than Ever

Saturday, 27 April 2024, 6:21 am | New Zealand Government

Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ engagements in Türkiye this week underlined the importance of diplomacy to meet growing global challenges. More >>

Gaza: Aotearoa Must Support Independent Investigation Into Mass Graves

Friday, 26 April 2024, 1:08 pm | Te Pati Maori

Among the 392 bodies that have been recovered, are children and elderly civilians. Many of the bodies show evidence of torture, mutilation, and mass execution. More >>

New Lab To Help Protect Key Pacific Tuna Fisheries

Friday, 26 April 2024, 8:15 am | New Zealand Government

Ms Marcroft is in Nouméa to officially open the Genomics and Otolith laboratory, which will be a key part of the Climate Science for Ensuring Pacific Tuna Access (CSEPTA) Programme. More >>

Anzac Commemorative Address – NZ National Service, Chunuk Bair

Friday, 26 April 2024, 5:28 am | New Zealand Government

Our presence here and at the other special spaces of Gallipoli is made possible by the unwavering generosity and friendship shown to us by the Turkish government and people. More >>

Anzac Commemorative Address – Dawn Service

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 5:14 pm | New Zealand Government

"We meet at dawn at the site of a great battlefield. We meet here to commemorate the ground around us as the final resting place of far too many of our young men." More >>

Another ‘Stolen Generation’ Enabled By Court Ruling On Waitangi Tribunal Summons

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 6:22 am | Te Pati Maori

21:00, Wednesday 24 April, 2024 Mariameno Kapa-Kingi MP Mema Paremata mō Te Tai Tokerau Spokesperson for Children | Spokesperson for Oranga Tamariki Tonight’s court decision to overturn the summons of the Children’s Minister has enabled the ... More >>

Statement On Behalf Of Hon. Karen Chhour: High Court Decision Re Waitangi Tribunal Summons

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 6:05 am | New Zealand Government

Minister Chhour acknowledges April 24 decision from the High Court regarding the Waitangi Tribunal’s summons for her to appear. The parties have rights of appeal. The Minister is therefore limited in what further comment she can make at this time. More >>

Working Together On Consistent Support For Veterans This Anzac Day

Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Our two-tiered system for veterans’ support is out of step with our closest partners, and all parties in Parliament should work together to fix it, Labour veterans’ affairs spokesperson Greg O’Connor said. The law says those who served after 1974 ... More >>